Note holder



H. LEVY.

NOTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1921.

v Patented Feb. 7., 1922.

In ventor: HAROLD LEVY --/L la Atty to ascertain are defective in that they offer HAROLD LEVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

No'rn HOLDER.

Application .filed May 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD LEVY-,a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at New-York city, in f the county of New York and ,State' of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Note I Iolders, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to an improved note holder and embodies what I believe to be an entirely new principle of operation in de-' vicesof this character. v j

' The primary object of the invention is, to

' provide a simply constructed deviceinto which obj ectssuch as banknotes, checks, bills and the like, either of uniform size or varying in size, may be quickly inserted, securely held and. quckly removed. I am aware that efforts have been heretofore made to provide devices of this general character, but all of these devices so far as I have been able an obstruction to the ready insertion of the notes and the like, necessitating manipulation of some mechanical part of the structure to permit of such insertion or else such earlier devices are usable only where the articles to be inserted are uniform in size.

The invention contemplates among other features the provision of a holder for banknotes, checks, bills of exchange and similar articles particularly adapted for use by cashiers and persons handling such instruments, and may also be adapted for use in money drawers;

The device is so arranged and constructed that individual as well as several articles such as checks, bills etc., not necessarily uniform in size may be quickly and conveniently inserted and securely held.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all views, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the note holder partly filled; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view in part broken away showing the capacity of the note holder.

Referring in detail to the drawing, I provide a table 10 made of wood or other suitable material, guards 11 set therein and rising perpendicularly therefrom and bent horizontally so as to providestops 11 which limit the upward movement of plate 13 Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Feb 7 1922.

1921. Serial No. 466,272.

which is made of sheet metal or other suitable material and which plate 13'is pierced at. 13 so as tov permit guards: 11 to pass therethrough. Arms 15 depend from plate 13 by means of eye and loop 15 and similar.

arms 16. are hooked into table 10 through= eyes 19. Sleeves 17. are provided by'means OfWhICh and within which are brought-together the horizontal portions: of arms 15 and 16. Coil springs 14 are wound around the: outer surface of sleeves 17 one end of said coil spring 14 being fixed to arm 15,.the'

other end of said coil spring 14 being'fixed" to arm 16. a I

Inthe use of the'device' when ittis desired to insert the/bills, notes etc.-,-they are held.

fiat one end in either hand and placedpupon plate 13,1a downward pressure being exerted on saidnotes etc. The inserts being flexible yield laterally as they pass stops 11".

When the articles being inserted have in this way. been forced below stops 11 and are again fiat upon plate 13 the downward/pressure on the articlesis released and plate 13 with the bills etc., upon it is forced against the undersides of the stops 11 by the upward pressure due to the extension of the coil springs, and the bills etc., are securely held in place.

Individual articles may be removed from the holder by drawing them from under stops 11 one at a time toward either end.-

If desired the bills etc., may be removed in quantities. In this latter case slight downward pressure is exerted upon plate 13.

Having. thus described my invention, I

claim:

1. In a note holder the combination of a guide frame arranged to accommodate a stack of unfolded currency notes, permitting free vertical movement of the stack of notes and permitting free longitudinal movement of the notes individually or collectively while confining said notes against lateral movement, a depressible member for resiliently supporting said stack and a :pair of stop members overlying side margins only of said notes whereby the notes may .be inserted unobstructively from above.

2, In a note holder the combination of spaced guide members for receiving therebetween a stack of currency notes, said guide obstructed endwise or longitudinal removal of the notes from between said guide mem- I bers, a plate for supporting said stack of notes and als vertically movable between said guide members, resilient means tending to elevate said plate and the stack of notes supported thereby and stop members respec-V tively overlying opposite side margins of the stack for resisting upward movement of the latter while ermitting unobstructed insertion of notes From above.

- '3; In a noteholder the combination of spaced guide members for receiving therebetween a stack of currencynotes, said guide members permitting vertical movement of the stack and also permitting free and'unobstructed endwise or longitudinal removal of the notes from between said guide members, a plate for supporting said stack of notes and also vertically movable between said guide members, resilient means tending to elevate said plate and the stack of notes supported thereby and stop members respectively overlying opposite side margins of the stack for resisting upward movement of the latter while permitting unobstructed insertion of notes from above, by merely 1oeating, the 'notes in superposed relation over the stack and pushing same downwardly by tween said pairs of rods, a plate located between said rod pairs and movable perpendiicular tosaid base but limited by said guide rods against other movement, resilient means for forcingsaid plate away from said base and members respectively carried by said rod pairs and extending over the stack a limited distance from the side edges thereof, but extending longitudinally a substantial distance along the stack for limiting the perpendicular movement of the stack due to said plate while permitting substantially free insertion of notes between said guide rods.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

HAROLD LE Y.- 

